Bobcats split keeps them at .500

Estes Park drops contest to Vista Peak, romps past Middle Park

By Debbie Holmes

Trail-Gazette

Posted:
03/27/2014 12:51:36 PM MDT

Caleb Carnell leaves the batter's box after connecting with a pitch Monday afternoon against Vista Peak High School. Carnell scored one of the Bobcats four runs against the Bison. (Debbie Holmes / Trail-Gazette)

SCOREBOARD

Estes Park 4 Vista Peak 11

Estes Park 25 Middle Park 0

Estes Park's Bobcat split another double-header this week on the baseball diamond, hosting Vista Peak on Monday, March 24 and then Middle Park on March 25. This puts Estes with a .500 over-all record (3-3) as well as a 500-league record (1-1) after their first 6 games of the season.

Vista Peak dealt both the varsity Cats and the J.V. Cats losses Monday afternoon. The varsity Bison won, 11 - 4 and the J.V. won, 6 - 0. Estes hung strong for the first three innings with Estes Park trailing 3-2. The Bison outscored the Bobcats 4-1 in the fifth and 4-0 in the sixth innings to take control on a brisk afternoon at the ballfields in Stanley Park. Estes Park added single runs in the bottom of the fourth and six innings in the 11-4 contest.

"We should have won that game," said coach Terry Bogener. "On Monday we still were not confident in the game."

Bogener believes that his team is playing well together, they simply need to bring that confidence into the game.

Dylan Jirsa pitched against Vista Peak. He is credited with 107 pitches with 71 strikes. The scores on Monday were made by Caleb Carnell, Adam Tulley and Zach Louk.

In their Tuesday game against the Middle Park, the varsity Cats found their confidence and beat the Panthers 25-0. The Estes J.V. team also won with a final sc

Tulley threw a one-hitter game on Tuesday against Middle Park.

"The defense also had a good game, even though they didn't have to worry too much because Adam took care of the game," said Bogener.

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The coaches know that the players need to get better and tighten up for their conference games. The Patriot 2A/3A league is one of the toughest in the state.

"It's a tough conference, so we need to get better," said Bogener.

Estes will travel to Clear Creek on Saturday for an 11 a.m. game and then they will host Resurrection Christian on Monday, March 31 at 4 p.m.

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